# vb codes explained **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 14, 2000, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515 "2000-12-14T10:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/21 "2001-01-10T04:13:52Z")
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**Author:** ![Alonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Alonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonist)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/22 "2001-01-23T18:46:22Z")
bump. And a tip from [sub][sup]zgystardst[/sup][/sub]: if you don’t know how somebody did something, click on Quote at the end of their post; the quote will show any vb codes used in the body of the message. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/23 "2001-01-28T05:32:14Z")
Here’s a good trick that someone figured out. You can hide a link inside a smiley. Like so: [🆒](http://fff.fathom.org/members/2sense.html) Also note that somewhere along the line vB changed the coding for links. The software will now interpret links whether or not you surround them with quotation marks. * * * Hi! I’m a [Weenie](http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame6.html) What’s your sign? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/24 "2001-01-28T17:24:14Z")
[http://check.bug](http://check.bug) Let’s see if they fixed this bug. The line above should be a link to [http://check.bug](http://check.bug) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@Just\_Call\_Me\_Tech-Mex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Call_Me_Tech-Mex)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/25 "2001-01-28T17:26:44Z")
Now let’s try a toughie. **[http://check.bug](http://check.bug)** Let’s see if they fixed this bug. The line above should be a link to \*\* [http://check.bug](http://check.bug) \*\* Nope, my preview says it still fails. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/26 "2001-03-10T18:38:57Z")
Well, I did a search and I can’t see what that is used for. It does more than change the font, or no? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/27 "2001-03-11T05:54:03Z")
```auto The code function displays type in a fixed font, helpful for aligning lines. ``` Here’s an explanation from the [vb code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) list: > [@](#): > > Code Tag > > Similar to the Quote tag, the Code tag adds some > > ``` > tags > to preserve formatting. This useful for displaying > programming code, for instance: > > ```auto > > #!/usr/bin/perl > print "Content-type: text/html"; > print "Hello World!"; > > ``` > > In the example above, the vB Code automatically indents > the text you reference and preserves the formatting of the coded text. > ``` your humble TubaDiva Administrator [Edited by TubaDiva on 03-10-2001 at 11:56 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Fatwater\_Fewl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4491bb/32.png) [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/28 "2001-03-15T18:19:42Z")
And _bump_ again. ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/29 "2001-03-15T21:50:23Z")
is the _‘originally posted by’_ tag on some quotes manually typed in or is there a vb code for it? ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/30 "2001-03-15T22:54:47Z")
The \*Originally posted by \* comes when you use the Quote button under the post. If that’s not working, like for a locked thread, or if you are quoting an outside source and want to use the same format, do it like this. (I keep this an other useful bits in a Notepad file.) > [@](#): > > Originally posted by \_\_\_ > . . . For example > [@](#): > > _Originally said by President Bush, per Time Magazine, March 5_ > \*\* My tax plan … > blah blah blah… > \*\* There’s more examples of quotes and links in this thread: **[About This Message Board \> Don’t forget the link. Here’s how to post one, Part Next](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307)** ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/31 "2001-03-16T01:34:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > Here’s an explanation from the [vb code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) list: > > > [@](#): > > > > Code Tag > > > > Similar to the Quote tag, the Code tag adds some \ tags to preserve formatting. This useful for displaying programming code, for instance: > > > > ```auto > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > print "Content-type: text/html"; > > print "Hello World!"; > > > > ``` > > > > In the example above, the vB Code automatically indents the text you reference and preserves the formatting of the coded text. Bah. Whoever wrote that code is a dweeb. They forgot the newlines at the end of the MIME header. ☹ It should be ```auto #!/usr/bin/perl print "content-type: text/html "; print "Hello, shmo!"; ``` ---
**Author:** ![Mysphyt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mysphyt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mysphyt)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/32 "2001-03-16T06:52:20Z")
Pardon my general moronness, but what’s with this bump madness? ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/33 "2001-03-16T14:10:08Z")
People \ a thread that’s in danger of falling off the front page of the board. They may do this because an adequate response to their question has not been given yet, or in the case of this thread, they may just want to keep it in view because it’s useful to others. It’s a fake reply that forces a threa back to the top of the board. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/34 "2001-03-17T05:05:49Z")
mysphyt Sort of like this (bump) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/35 "2001-03-17T05:48:17Z")
I’m glad it was bumped. I missed the original posts, and they answered all sorts of questions I had that I couldn’t find answers to in the [vB code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) FAQ. The responses answered a fair number of other questions. Many thanks to all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/36 "2001-03-23T13:13:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yabob \* > \*\*No, it doesn’t. vBulletin escapes the ampersands for you. My apologies, and I withdraw the suggestion. Somebody might point out to vBulletin that they honor HTML character escapes in their preview feature, but not in the final article. \*\* They work if and only if you submit the page from the preview page. æ œ » ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/37 "2001-03-23T21:35:16Z")
Well, it wasn’t working a minute ago… ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/38 "2001-03-23T21:44:07Z")
For some Reason the vb code wasn’t working in my sig. Guess it’s OK now. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/39 "2001-04-13T04:27:32Z")
I am bumping this thread. I am also bookmarking this thread, since finding it again is sometimes difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515/40 "2001-04-14T18:48:54Z")
[sup]So this is superscript[/sup] Cool! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vb-codes-explained/45515.md?page=3)